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Khalid Siddig

Khalid Siddig is a Senior Research Fellow in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit and Program Leader for the Sudan Strategy Support Program. He is an agricultural economist with a focus on examining the impacts of potential shocks and the allocation of resources on economic growth, environmental sustainability, and income distribution through the lens of economywide and micro-level tools. 

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Man who ‘wastes his money’ slammed for expecting partner to buy him food (Newsweek) 

July 14, 2022


Newsweek published an article stating how grocery costs are up around 12 percent from last year in part due to factors such as the war in Ukraine and post-farm factors including processing, packaging, and transporting costs, the impact on families is becoming more apparent. Joseph Glauber, a senior research fellow, told Newsweek: “On average, food expenditures are a small share of overall household expenditures—about 10 percent—but for those poor households in the bottom 20 percent of household earnings, food accounts for about 27 percent of total household expenditures.” 

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